John Tripp was born May 4, 1977 in Kingston, Ontario. The third round choice, 77th overall selection of the Colorado Avalanche in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, Tripp is a graduate of the OHL's Oshawa Generals.

The hulking forward spent three seasons in Oshawa, appearing in 173 career games with the Generals, registering 47 goals and 45 assists for 92 points, along with 274 penalty minutes and was instrumental in the team's run to the 1997 OHL Championship and to the Memorial Cup semi-final.

Unable to reach a contract agreement with Colorado, Tripp re-entered the draft in 1997 and was the Calgary Flames second round choice, 42nd overall. In 1997-98, the Kingston native spent the better part the season with the Flames AHL affiliate in Saint-John while playing in a handful of games with the ECHL's Roanoke Express.

Over the next four seasons, Tripp would have stops in the AHL with Saint-John (1999-2000), Hershey (2000-01) and Hartford (2001-02), the IHL with Houston (2000-01) and Milwaukee (2000-01) and the ECHL with Johnstown (1998-2000) and Pensacola (2000-2002) before signing as a free agent with the Hartford Wolf Pack prior to the 2002-03 season.

In his first full season in Hartford, Tripp scored a career high 29 goals and finished the season with 50 points while seeing action in nine games with the parent club, the New York Rangers. After getting a taste of the NHL with the Rangers in 2002-03, Tripp signed as a free-agent with Los Angeles Kings in the summer of 2004. In his first season with the Kings, the former Oshawa General split his time between the Kings and the club's AHL affiliate in Manchester.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1993-94

St. Mary's Lincolns

ON-Jr.B

42

15

29

44

116

1994-95

Oshawa Generals

OHL

58

6

11

17

53

7

0

1

1

4

1995-96

Oshawa Generals

OHL

56

13

14

27

95

5

1

1

2

13

1996-97

Oshawa Generals

OHL

59

28

20

48

126

18

16

10

26

42

1997-98

Roanoke Express

ECHL

9

0

2

2

22

-2

1997-98

Saint John Flames

AHL

61

1

11

12

66

-4

2

0

1

1

0

1998-99

Saint John Flames

AHL

2

0

0

0

10

1998-99

Johnstown Chiefs

ECHL

7

2

0

2

12

1999-00

Johnstown Chiefs

ECHL

38

13

11

24

64

+3

1999-00

Saint John Flames

AHL

29

8

7

15

38

-3

3

0

0

0

2

2000-01

Pensacola Ice Pilots

ECHL

36

19

14

33

110

-3

2000-01

Houston Aeros

IHL

15

0

6

6

14

+2

2000-01

Hershey Bears

AHL

5

0

1

1

0

+1

2000-01

Milwaukee Admirals

IHL

12

0

1

1

31

+1

2001-02

Pensacola Ice Pilots

ECHL

49

25

27

52

114

+7

2001-02

Hartford Wolf Pack

AHL

23

4

9

13

22

-2

10

4

2

6

17

2002-03

New York Rangers

NHL

9

1

2

3

2

+1

2002-03

Hartford Wolf Pack

AHL

57

29

21

50

68

+12

2

0

0

0

2

2003-04

Los Angeles Kings

NHL

34

1

5

6

33

-4

2003-04

Manchester Monarchs

AHL

24

8

7

15

33

0

2004-05

Adler Mannheim

Germany

44

9

16

25

136

14

2

3

5

54

2005-06

Adler Mannheim

Germany

51

15

17

32

82

2006-07

ERC Ingolstadt

Germany

39

15

19

34

94

6

2

3

5

22

2006-07

Germany

WC-A

6

1

2

3

2

2007-08

Hamburg Freezers

Germany

50

15

20

35

93

7

0

3

3

12

2007-08

Germany

WC-A

6

0

1

1

0

-1

2008-09

Hamburg Freezers

Germany

44

9

11

20

52

9

3

3

6

10

2008-09

Germany

Oly-Q

3

3

0

3

4

+1

2009-10

Hamburg Freezers

Germany

53

16

17

33

99

2009-10

Germany

Olympics

4

1

0

1

2

0

2009-10

Germany

WC-A

9

0

0

0

6

-2

2010-11

Hannover Scorpions

Germany

6

3

1

4

6

2010-11

Kolner Haie

Germany

37

11

14

25

36

5

1

1

2

10

2010-11

Germany

WC-A

7

3

1

4

4

+1

2011-12

Kolner Haie

Germany

52

14

16

30

45

6

1

3

4

20

2011-12

Germany

WC-A

7

1

0

1

2

-6

2012-13

Kolner Haie

Germany

52

17

20

37

62

12

3

4

7

16

2012-13

Germany

WC-A

7

1

1

2

2

0

2013-14

Kolner Haie

Germany

45

12

10

22

55

16

1

3

4

8

NHL Totals

43

2

7

9

35

Signed to PTO (tryout) contract by Hartford (AHL), January 29, 2002. Signed as a free agent by Hartford (AHL), September 3, 2002. Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, August 6, 2003. Signed as a free agent by Mannheim (Germany), April 20, 2004.